Under my lifter buttplate
 

Here's what I found. 3 1/4 is most likely drop. 160 is ??? Wonder who wrote it? The fellow who fit the buttplate to the buttstock?
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Very interesting. Is the 160 written in chalk? That's not the last three digits of the serial number is it?

Dean you get an A it is the last 3 digits. Don't know may of been grease I didn't want to rub it to find out. If I take the plate off i'll find out for sure. Another thing is the barrel serial number does not match. But age on receiver and barrels match I believe they came from Meriden that way. It's Peter we are looking at.

I thought it might be "Peter".

The number you're looking at on the barrels is probably the order number and not the serial number. The serial number is also on the barrels somewhere... keep looking, you'll find it.

You might want to ask the former owner for any information he may have kept on that gun.

Dean u r right, on the side of barrel lug. There's Waldo

Dean R.--> Parker Expert

No expert Calvin... just observant over the years.

Yeah, what Jent said... What's a Waldo? :confused:

Jent,
I assume it's a reference to "Where's Waldo", A series of children books in which Wally, the main character, is camouflaged within a background of similar colors to his outfit.

Yup, Daryl. Been sometime since I looked for ol Waldo:(
There's a lot of expert's round here in my finite opinion.